Ruud Gullit: 'There were monkey chants at Dutch Euro 2012 training'

The former Netherlands football star says it is sad racist chants are already
destroying the joy of football at Euro 2012.

Uefa have acknowledged that Holland's black players were the victims of racist abuse during a training session yesterday in Krakow, where the England squad are also based.

Ruud Gullit, who captained Holland to European Championship glory in 1988, said the incident was "very sad".

"There were some monkey chants," he said.

He claimed that the Dutch squad were forced to move to the other side of the training pitch to escape the abuse.

Gullit also suggested that Krakow residents were "very, very upset" at the football loving city not being selected to host any part of the tournament and this may have been the cause of their "frustration".